Donald Trump Flips Most Hispanic County in America
Donald Trump has flipped the most Hispanic county in America that has not voted Republican for more than a century.
In what has been dubbed the greatest political comeback in history , Trump has reclaimed the White House after victory in several swing states pushed him over the 270 Electoral Votes threshold he needed.
As final results are still pouring in, it is clear that Trump has overperformed his 2020 results across the map, including in Starr County, Texas, where he has become the first Republican presidential candidate to win since 1892.
The county is considered the most Hispanic in America, as around 97 percent of its population is Hispanic, according to TexasCounties.net 2020 data.
Trump won the Starr with 57.7 percent of the vote, over Harris' 41.8 percent, according to the University of Houston's tracker of statewide races. This result is as of Wednesday, with 99 percent of the vote counted.
Newsweek has contacted teams for Trump and Harris, via email outside of working hours, for comment.
In 2020, Biden won the county with 52 percent of the vote and in 2016, Clinton won with 79 percent of the vote.
It comes after the CEO of the Latino Donor Collaborative, Ana Valdez, previously told Newsweek Latinos would be pushed away by "garbage" comments made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally.
Hinchcliffe caused controversy for the Trump campaign after he branded Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage" and said Latinos "love making babies." Trump senior adviser Danielle Alvarez said the "joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign."
Asked why Latino voters still back Trump, Valdez told Newsweek: "Trump's campaign has effectively reached very conservative niches of the Latinos community, but beyond that, many feel disillusioned by both parties.
"The lack of investment in meaningful engagement by Democrats has made it easier for Republicans to appeal to Latinos frustrated by unfulfilled promises. Latinos aren't loyal to any party—they're loyal to those who recognize their needs and show respect."
Steven Crowder was among the conservative commentators to celebrate the win, declaring it on his show Louder Crowder.
Other significant county wins include Carlton County, Minnesota, where Trump is the first Republican presidential candidate to win since 1928, and Miami-Dade, a previously blue bastion in the now solidly red state of Florida.
